Band Line Up 2017

DEVILMENT

Playing:
Friday, 11th August 2017

Stage:
Ronnie James Dio Stage

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DEVILMENT

Menace hangs in the air. The faint sound of aquatic cackling breaks the silence as sharks circle their prey. Shadows darken and mutate. A blood red sky looms over a melting landscape. The twinkle of demons’ eyes sheds fractured light on a path into the darkness as »The Great And Secret Show« opens its doors for a second time…DEVILMENT have returned and this time the horror is real.

Formed in 2011 in the mystical county of Suffolk, England, DEVILMENT burst into the vexed consciousness of the heavy metal hive mind with their debut demo »Grotescapology« in 2012. Led by the unmistakably grim vocal gymnastics of CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth, the band swiftly grabbed the attention of legendary music biz mover and shaker Monte Conner and were duly snapped up by his Nuclear Blast Entertainment imprint. In October 2014, these Albion-dwelling infidels unveiled their debut album, »The Great And Secret Show«: a whirlwind of pitch-black thrash metal riffing, multifarious gothic embellishments and a mean, mischievous streak a mile wide, it provided a telling and irresistible introduction to DEVILMENT’s uniquely perverse, surreal and vicious musical world, wherein werewolves, voodoo temptresses and mutant fungal strains ran riot. Immediately embraced by the malevolent faithful, it was a sturdy and convincing statement of intent that paved the way for the sustained dissemination of its creators’ wildly imaginative and unsettling vision.

“The album did really well!,” remarks Dani. “I don’t think anyone knew what to expect, but the album did well and we ended up with a support slot on the MOTIONLESS IN WHITE and LACUNA COIL European tour, so that got us out there and spreading the word. We didn’t tour